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Carol M NDE

When I was 10 years old, I had gone swimming with my older cousin, Karen...

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Poppy Probable NDE

Poppy Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3198 Poppy Probable NDE 6500 Experience Description While I was undergoing neurosurgery, I experienced a period of darkness and then I saw grey and pink lights...

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Sarah S Possible NDE

Sarah S Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 3201 Sarah S Possible NDE 6504 Experience Description I remember being surrounded in love, feeling my husband loving me all over...

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Christopher NDE

A friend and I were walking through a field and nearby woods...

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Josef T Probable NDE

After my first surgery I was extremely weak, tired and in terrible pain...

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Greyson 11/32Read the account

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Eduardo D NDE

Due to a medical mistake, I was administered a double dose of contrast liquid [a dye for CT scans] during a tac [(sic) = transient aplastic crisis]...

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